typek wrote on Fri, 21 August 2009 00:12 |
me too. |
Josh McArdle wrote on Sat, 29 August 2009 00:20 |
Oh man I can't wait to hear the album! J, as far as I know QOTSA are definitely still going! I saw them twice last year and they had some stuff I'd never heard before (could have been B-sides from Era Vulgaris though I guess.) Anyway didn't Josh Homme produce the latest Arctic monkeys album? |
Josh McArdle wrote on Sat, 17 April 2010 09:57 |
Sound like it's been squished...I think probably everything I don't like about this album is due to limiting. It's like playing hunt the snare sometimes... Still, the sounds are amazing and the space and depth is f***ing awesome. Really good production and musicianship going on...I really like this album. |
typek wrote on Tue, 20 April 2010 09:00 | ||
This seems a little contradictory. Sounds too squished... Yet has lots of space and depth? Explain. |
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Grohl's Kick: We did use a lot of room mics but they changed from song to song, every track had a different approach to the drum sound. I used a Beyer on the close kick (an M380 I think) and on quite a few a very old Altec mic that was big and heavy and had very little output level that was about 4 foot away and put through an Ampex mic pre which also had low level so I had to turn it up to a level it distorted on the input but we were trying to be creative! On some tracks we sent the kick out to a tiny amp that was pretty distorted. I used a lot of different room mics that helped with the decay of the kick too.... I think it may have been the sum of them all that resulted in the end product. In general, I don't have any specific tips with outside mics, I never measure distances or anything. I tend to get try and use something different as much as possible and if the studio has a mic that looks interesting I'll put it up and see what it sounds like, then move it around until it sounds good. The more bored I get, the more adventurous the mic placement! Best. Alan. |